The L3 Summit is a zkLink-initiated event series that educates, amplifies, and shares research about the current status of Layer 3 development from the world's leading Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain protocols.
Layer 3s are a third layer built on top of Ethereum Layer 2 Rollups that deliver higher scalability, lower gas costs, and greater app-specific customizability. Layer 3s are poised to lead the future of building interoperable DApp infrastructures and Ethereum scaling solutions.
The L3 Summit brings together the world's best protocols such as zkSync, Starknet, Scroll, Linea, Polygon, Manta, Mantle, Kakarot, Taiko, Celestia, Eigen Layer, and more, to push forward the boundaries of Layer 3 innovation and break through the blockchain trilemma.
zkLink and QED will be hosting its second L3 Summit at ETHDenver on March 2nd, 2024 at the Le Meridien Hotel in Downtown Denver.
For those interested in registering to attend the Summit, please see our Luma event page for more details. We look forward to kicking off another great event on one of the industry’s hottest topics: Layer 3s.
What partner projects & speakers will be present at the L3 Summit?
Our L3 Summit has attracted the attention of many of the industry’s heavyweights and prominent protocols. These include leading Layer 2s such as Arbitrum, Linea, Mantle, Polygon zkEVM, Metis, Scroll, Starknet, and zkSync – Innovative modular blockchain solutions such as Celestia, Eigen Layer, and Manta – Rising zkEVM solutions such as Kakarot and Taiko – And finally, Layer 2 Ordinals such as L2O Consortium, ZKP systems such as Polyhedra, oracle providers such as Pyth Network, and zk-Native blockchain protocols such as QED.
The projects above will feature renowned speakers at our L3 Summit in Denver to discuss the different approaches and purposes for building Layer 3 solutions, Layer 3 DeFi, general-purpose versus application-specific rollups, interoperability, zero-knowledge technology, zkEVM-compatibility, developing DApps on Layer 3s, and other interesting topics.
*We will soon be announcing the final speaker lineup, panel agendas, and keynote topics for our L3 Summit at ETHDenver*
L3 Summit sponsors: How we make it happen
The two sponsors for our upcoming L3 Summit in Denver are Arrington Capital and QED, with QED serving as our title sponsor this year (shoutout to QED).
Arrington Capital is a thesis-driven firm investing in digital assets and Web3 since 2017. Arrington Capital has three sub-segments: Arrington XRP Capital, which is a multi-strategy hedge fund specializing in early-stage ventures and public markets – Arrington Algorand, which is an ecosystem fund investing and incubating projects in the Algorand ecosystem – and Arrington Moonbeam, which is an ecosystem fund investing and incubating projects in the Moonbeam ecosystem.
QED, our title sponsor for L3 Summit Denver, “is the world’s first zk-Native blockchain protocol built to scale trustless computation and privacy for the next generation of the internet.” QED protocol is starting its own initiative and movement called L2O, which stands for Layer 2 Ordinals, a set of standards for building trustless applications on Bitcoin.
QED is Bitcoin’s native execution layer, and unlike other Bitcoin Layer 2s that require a trusted multisig, on QED, assets can be bridged in a trustless way because they’re secured by ZKPs. Therefore, with its cutting-edge state model, QED is capable of supporting millions of concurrent users transacting in parallel and with low gas fees. For developers, QED’s BitIDE has custom opcodes, with which developers can use OP_MUL and more on the Bitcoin mainnet, thus allowing developers to easily deploy their dApps on Bitcoin.
Grand vision of the L3 Summit going forward
Moving forward, we at zkLink plan to take the L3 Summit to more crypto and blockchain events worldwide, such as TOKEN2049 Dubai, ETHCC Bruxelles, and TOKEN2029 in Singapore. Layer 3s are still in its infancy, so we hope that through these events, the word and value proposition for Layer 3s will continue to gain more awareness in the public and attract more debate, thus leading to better products, solutions, and innovations that push the blockchain industry forward and initiate the next 10x wave of growth. Stay tuned!
Learn more about zkLink’s L3 Summit: Check our website & Twitter
To learn more about the upcoming L3 Summit: Denver edition as well as our previously hosted L3 Summit: Istanbul Edition, please visit the L3 Summit website.
In addition, we have a separate distinguished Twitter account for the L3 Summit. So if you’re interested in getting daily updates and the latest news about our upcoming event, please follow and interact with our L3 Summit Twitter.
For those that have become irresistibly interested in what alpha we’re going to unleash at the L3 Summit, and want to attend the event in person, please go to our L3 Summit Luma page and register. You certainly won’t want to miss out!